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Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... What would be left to invest in Australia?" he asked, adding that a "purist" position would also involve divesting from the big four banks, which fund coal developments. Activists "are putting the pressure in the wrong place. To expect that the superannuation ...

Super funds act to reassure members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... worse off. "Being out of the markets when they recover means you risk missing out on the returns that follow, which can make a big difference to your account balance over the long term," AustralianSuper said. Share market volatility is one of the reasons ...

Intra-fund advice can be improved: WSSA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... added up the membership of all those funds and divided into 130,000 and came out with between one and 2%. "So 130,000 is a big number but what sort of penetration is going there? It's not great. We can do a lot better. [Intra-fund advice] is a reactive ...

Cbus opposes smaller super guarantee penalties

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Reducing penalties for employers who fail to pay superannuation is heading in the wrong direction, according to an industry super fund chief executive. Federal small business minister Bruce Billson recently introduced draft legislation aiming to reduce ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
You know the old saying: there's nothing like selling monkey hand-puppets door-to-door to turn you off working in sales forever. David Hallifax was doing odd jobs with a friend to support himself while backpacking around Australia. He'd crossed the ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Australia's giant neighbours have been the world's largest source of growth for years. But the great investment opportunity is full of traps and markets often fall in erratic behaviours. Laura Millan asks eight key questions to understand Asia and to ...

Four pillars policy is killing innovation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... Nicholls noted that "prior to the GFC there was significant change in technology innovation, pricing and services" among the big four financial institutions. However, "post GFC everything has been much more muted and there is significantly less innovation. ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
Australians all let us rejoice... for that recession we've long been longing to have might be just around the next bend. By now, Virginia, you would have read all about "Bloody Monday" - when "ASX loses $60 billion in worst day since the GFC" (9news.com.au) ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... "Dodd-Frank gives an exemption to family offices that has always existed in the Investment Advisors Act 1940. It's a loop hole big enough for a 10 ton truck to drive through," he said. In 2011 George Soros took advantage of the exemption and changed ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... Jakarta Composite, Taiex, KLCI, PSEi - or in a bear market -- Hang Seng - or highly volatile - Shanghai Composite - or down big time last week - Nikkei-225, Kospi, S&P/TSX composite. Yes Virginia, the bears came out of hibernation in full force. There ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:01PM
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:30AM
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:13PM
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:50AM
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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